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' Original application October 19, 1

and this application November Serial No. 240,901

' 45,711. Divided 3 Claims.

My invention relates to containers, more particularly to drawers for filing cases and the like, and more specifically, to collapsible drawers having a body of foldable sheet material, such as cardboard, corrugated board, and the like, and a metal face end wall or walls of novel construcion. I

This application is a true division of my application Serial No. 45,711 filed October 19, 1935, issued April 41, 1939, as Patent No. 2,152,676 which was a continuation in part of my copending application, Serial No. 693,841, filed October 16, 1933, Patent No. 2,233,906 issued March 4, 1941, in which is claimed a drawer guide and sub-combinations thereof, and which, in turn, is a continuation in part of Serial No. 631,682 filed September 3, 1932, on w ch Patent No. 1,946,516 was issued on February 13, 1934.

In Patent No. 1,946,516 1 have disclosed a collapsible drawer, having double front walls, rear walls, and side walls, produced from a single blank of sheet material. In one form of that invention an inner ply of the front wall carries'a handle, accessible through an opening in the outer ply of the front Wall; the front wall is provided with arms or extensions which engage with the side walls for transmitting the pull-tension to the side walls when the drawer is withdrawn from its casing; and the sides of the front wall are substantially flush with the side walls of the drawer. In my Patent No. 2,233,906 I show additional means for securing front and side walls together.

In Patent No. 2,233,906, 1 have disclosed an improvement on this drawer, wherein from a single blank of sheet material, the front wall is pro vided with side lips or flanges which may cooperate with corresponding rabbets, which may be provided at the mouth of a casing, or extend over corresponding edges of a casing, with which the drawer is to cooperate.

These drawers while commonly used for storage purposes where appearance is of little consequence are occasionally used in offices where it is desirable to increase their aesthetic appearance. In such cases, the practice commonly followed in all oflice appliances. of decorating the fronts to simulate the appearance of metal or wood is desirable. However, the addition of metal to the paper must be applied in a manner which will be inexpensive and still provide a pleasing effect. secure such a metal facing intended to simulate a cabinet to that portion of the drawer blank which constitues the front wall, butthis is a 1935, Serial No.

clumsy method 55 entailing the handling of'the entire blank when securing the metal and accordingly is expensive and undesirable.

I have devised a novel arrangement in which I apply the metal facing to a blank which is separate from and independent of the drawer blank out which when assembled constitutes the front wall of the drawer. This assembled front wall section is then secured to those portions of the drawer blank which constitutesthe side and bottom walls of the assembled drawer, thusproducing an inexpensive method of assembly.

Whereas the drawers of my former application referred to above comprised a single sheet of blank material, the drawers of this application are preferably made of two sheets of blank material, which are joined together through the agency of the facing metal. One of these sheets of blank material forms the sides, bottom and rear wall of the drawer, and need have associated with it only such metal parts in the way of fittings as are needed to cooperate with the particular casing or cabinet with which the drawer is to be used. The other sheet of blank material, in cooperation with a sheet of metal, forms the front, or end wall, and may have a sunken handle, side flaps for transmitting to side walls the tension due to pulling of the drawer, and may have other means for securing it to the side walls. Though thistdrawer may be .constructed of a single integral blank, this construction has all of the advantages ofbeing more easily handled for assembly in manufacturing, particularly for large sizes, especially when it is required that metal fittings or appurtenances, such as drawer guides, be affixed, to cooperate with companion fittings provided on the casing or cabinet with which the drawer is to be used, as well as in the operation of combining the metal face, the handle and its corresponding wall parts; such fittings may be affixed independently of the operation for applying the metal facing before uniting the sections; thus smaller pieces are handled, and more manufacturing operations affecting any one completed unit may proceed simultaneously than in the handling of the single blank construction. 7

It will be noted, however, that after the metal faced-wall portion and the other portion comprising the container body have been united through the agency of a joint formed by a tab on the body portion, and a channel formed on the bottom edge of the metal front, that the integrated blank so formed has all of the practical advantages of the blank formed from a single piece of sheet material, including that of collapsibility. My drawer blank may be shipped user and no extraneous free parts are needed for such assembly,

Objects of my invention are thus:

To provide means for making inexpensive and yet rugged containers of sheet material;

occupy a minimum of space for shipping and storage;

To make non-metallic containers, having a metal faced wall, or walls, of novel construction.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent from these specifications.

My invention may best be described by reference to the following drawings whichform a part of these specifications. In these drawings,

side walls of the drawer.

Figure 2 is an isometric view of the blank of Figure 1 after it has been folded back, with the left hand end in position for insertion into the metal facing.

handle opening in the Figure 7 is an enlarged cross-section through themetal facing on the line 17 of Figure 3.v

Figure 8 is a fragmentary plan View, (from the inside) of the metal facing showing the handle opening. Figure 9 shows the handle. v Figure 10 shows a fragmentary section onthe line I0lfi of Figure 8 after the handle, padding and front blank h attached. M Figure18 is an en argementof theleft hand portion of Figure 7.

.1 is provided with the Figure 19 is a fragmentary isometric view showing a modified form of metal facing.

Figure 20 is a fragmentary cross-section along line 2-20 of Figure 19.

Figures 21 to 25 illustrate modified forms for securing the metal front to the main drawer blank.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that I illustrate a form of drawer front or blank I extension tongues 5a and 5b.

The front Wall 2 is provided with an opening 6 for a handle, and'the front wall extension 3 is provided with the two openings la and 71; for receiving flaps onextensions of the side walls, as disclosed in my Patent 1,946,516 dated Febru ary 13, 1934.

The creases 8a and 8b form front wall a line between the extension 3 and the tongues 5a and creases I21: and 12b;

The crease i la in offset from the crease For the purpose mediately follows, it

ofthe description that imwill be assumed that all the 'andjcut scores in blank, I areon the far of the plate l but within the area bounded by the creases 8a and 8b and the cut score I3. The blank is then folded on the cut score 13 and the front wall extension 3 is united with the front wall 2 through the medium of the glued surface on the front wall extension. The metal plate 15 will then completely cover the opening 6 in the front wall, with such finish as may have been applied to the plate l5 being exposed thrQugh the opening 6. The extensions 4a, 4b, and 5a and 5b are then-folded back as shown on the left hand side of Figure 2, the blank being thereupon ready for insertion into themetal facing, as will be explained more fully.

The metal facing l6, as shown in Figures 3, 7, and 18, comprises a single sheet of metal with the turned up flanges Ila, I11), I and l'ld. Each of these flanges has a corresponding lip 18a, lab, I80 and l8d turned in at approximately 45. The metal of the facing may be of any desired thickness, and I prefer to use a range between No. 24 and No. 36 gauges.

In forming the facing IS, an opening I9 is provided with the upturned flange 20 around the entire periphery of the opening. This flange is somewhat less in height at the corners 2| than it is between the corners, except for the two op-1 posed slots 22a and 22b adapted to receive the ends of the bent round wire 24 (see Figure 9) which serves as the drawer handle. In forming the handle opening 19 with its surrounding flange 20, I provide the raised (as viewed from the'front 0f the drawer, see Figures 14 and 15) frame 23 which forms a small panel. in which the handle is mounted. w

It will be noted that the distance between the lips 18c and id is somewhat greater than the distance from the center line out score l3 of the blank I to outside edges of front wall 2 and front wall extensions.

It will also be noted that the distance from score 9a to 9b is somewhat less than the distance between the inside of flanges Ila and I'll) but somewhat less than the distance between out side edges of flange lips 18a and 18b. Therefore, in order to insert the folded front wall blank within the metal facing, I provide the crease I la, l2a, lib, and 12b, previously described, which facilitate binding the lips 18a and 18b. 'In this way,,the folded blankl may be inserted within the metal facing 16.

Before inserting the blank, however, the filler piece 21 of suitable material such as fiber board isinserted within the metal'face in a position substantially that outlined by the dot and'dash lines 28 of Figure 3. Theopening 3| of sheet 21 fits over the flanges .20 of the handle opening. After this piece is in place a strip 29 of similar material is inserted in a:position substantially that shown by the dot' and dash lines 30 of Figure 3. The handle-wire 24 is then laid so that its ends lie in slots 22a and22b.

After inserting the above fillers and handle wire, the folded blank I is laid in the metal fac-' ing it in a manner as has just been described. The front wall, after insertion, is slid within the casing of metaLuntil the upper edgeof the front wall blanks butts against the flange 180. The blank with the facing is then placed in a press and the flange lips l8a, I8b and lflcare faced dowm'upon the blank. The combined structure formed by the blank I and the metal facing-l6 thus takes. the form substantially as shown in Figurel-Z an win-theta that 1 make the ease, iip's' um and I8!) of the metalface narrower than the flange formed between the crease 9a and cut score [0a, and the crease 9b and cut score Hlb.

It will also be noted, that after assembling the parts in the manner described, the plate [5 entirely covers the hole I9. This plate 15, thus assembled, appears as a sunken panel on the metal front, when plate l5 and the metal facing It are both finished in the manner. Furthermore, the plate l5 effectively closes the slots 22a and 221) as shown in section in Figure 10. The handle wire 24 is thus effectively locked in place within the slots and is free to rotate therein. As viewed from the front, this handle lies completely within the depressed panel formed on the metalfacing, as shown in Figures 13, 14, and. 15. This gives a' neat appearance to the drawer when it is set up, but it isalso of great advantage in shipping as no parts extend above the metal facing which aid in the packing and economizes on space. g

I have described the flanges 20 around the opening [9 of the metal facing as being of somewhat less height at the corners than between the corners. With this construction, when the blank I is inserted within the facing and the plate l5 covers the opening l9, an open slit 'remains in each of the four corners of the open-- ing I9 adjacent to the plate 15'. These slits 2| (as clearly shown in Figure 10), are of similar shape and position within the handle-frame 23 as are slots 26 within the card holder frame 25. As I provide such depths to the handle slots 22a and 22b that when the handle wire is in place there is a small space between the wire and the backing plate 15, the four slots 2| may be used for holding the four corners-of anidentification card which may be inserted tobe mounted back of the handle. 1

It will'be noted that when the flanges 18a, 18b

and I80 are bent into place that the blank I and the fillers 21 and 29 are effectively locked into place, even if no adhesive is used between the Various parts. However, I prefer that a cement for; binding metal to paper be used over the face of fillers are inserted into the frame; and that a paper adhesive be applied to the other faceof the fillers before inserting the blank I. 'In' this way, the whole metal faced front becomes a unified structure. Moreover, I have found that when adhesive is used between the metal facings and the filler, these parts are drawn to each other in such a manner that slight irregularities which may have beenformed on the facing during the necessary punching and drawing operations are flattened out and removed.

While I have shown the body of the drawer to bemade from a separateblank of sheet material than the sheet material forming the main portion of the drawer iront,I may under certain circumstances utilize a single sheet of material and combine the blanks of Figure l and Figure 11 in a single blank. This may be advantageous in the construction of small drawers. In this case the flap 42 of Figure llwould be of suitable. length and would beintegral with bottom member 33 of Figure 11 and front member 2v of Figure 1, and would be provided with suitable tom wall 33. The material forming the flap may be either metal or fibrous sheet material and would be of sufficient width to partly lap over the bottom 33. This lapping provides a simple method whereby the flap and the bottom membermay be united by any suitable means. Where the lapping is done with the flap on the outside of the bottom wall, the distance that the front wall extends below the bottom of the drawer in the setup position will be increased; and where the lapping is done with the flap on the inside of the drawer, the distance that the front wall extends below the bottom of the drawer in the set up position will be decreased. In this way, provision can be made so that the bottom of, the drawer and the bottom of the front face will be flush when the drawer is set up.

Figure 11 shows one form of blank for a drawer body suitable for use with my improved metal faced front said blank being of the type shown and described in my Patent No. 2,152,676. However, it will be readily understood that I may make many changes in the details without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention. Moreover, I may incorporate in the drawer body improvements in drawer construction as disclosed in my other copending applications already referred to.

Now again referring to Figure 12 which'shows the completed metal faced front wall before connection to the drawer body. It will be noted that in the press operation, the lip lid on the flange lld Figure 3 was not pressed down. 'It is through this flange extension and the tongue 42 on the body blank that I make a unified structure from the two blanks. Thus, I insert a strip of moistened pregummed paper 56 under the lip lid with the gummed surface facing downward; as shown in Figure 12 and between this pregummed strip and the metal facing 3, I insert the tongue 42 with the body blank in such position that after the lip lid is clinched down as by-placing the structure in a press, the unified blank is assembled complete as shown in Figure 13, with the metal faced frontlaying back over the body section.

The collapsed blank. as shown in Figure 18 is easily erected into a drawer of. the form shownin Figure 14 'as described in my Patent'No. 2,152,676.

It will be noted that when the metal faced front wall is bent upward at right angles to the bottom wall, a downward depending flange on the front wall is created. This flange unites the two side flanges, and as the front wall extends slightly above front Wall tongues, a continuous even frame extends around the rear of the front wall and on the outside of the drawer body. This frame may be used to cooperate with a continuous rabbet around the opening of the casing into which the drawer may be placed, and thus form a substantially dust proof seal when the drawer is in theclosed position in the casing.

In Figure 17, I have shown a modification of the metal facing member, wherein it is not-necessary to bend the front wall members,- along score lines Ha, 12a and llb, l2b in order to place the front wall blankwithin the metal facing. Figure 17 is asectional View similar to Figure 16, exceptthat with the modified facing of Figure 17, the front wall blank is also shown superimposed uponthe metal facing to show how it may be inserted withinthe facing by merely laying it thereupon. It'will be noted that at each side of the metal facing on a line where the front wallblank stops, there is a 'score'line 60 in the metal. This is shown in' greater detail for the left hand side in Fi ure 18. 'Thisscor'e line Bil-servesasa bend line, and when the facing is 'bent on this line, the portion of the metal face outside of these lines'forms the flanges Ila, I'Ib', 11c and lld' which serve the same purpose-as the flanges l'la, l'lb, I and 11d ofFigure 3 as has already been described in detail. Each of-the flanges Ila, I'Ib', l1c', and lid" isprovided with a lip I8a', l8b-', I80 and Ma for clamping the front wall blank in place. Moreover, lip lBd' is not clamped down until the drawer body blank has been laid in place to be attached to the front wall as has beendescribed.

A further modification of my metal facing is shown in Figures 19 and 20.. In this modification, also it is unnecessary to bend the front wall blank along-the scores Ha, I la, Ilb, I Zbto insert the wall blank into the metal facing, as at least one of the flanges and lips on the metal face is provided as a separate member. In the illustration I have'shown. thetwo edge members- I80 and I811" as being removable from the main metal facing, thus providing means for sliding the front wall blank into the facing from one of the edges. After the front wall blank is in place in the metal facingg'the piece I 80" is slipped .over the edge and the three lips I811, l8b", and I80" are forced into place, thus-firmly joiningthe frontwall blank to the metal facing in the manner as.

has been described. The piece l8d" is then employed to'unite thefront wall blank with the drawer body blank.

As I'have shown in Figure 19 and more clearly in Figure ZOjtheside flanges and lips 18a and lab" are corrugated-to provide a great strength at the side walls where the drawer pull is trans-- ferred. to the sidewalls. This construction is at times advisable; butswhere such reinforcing is not necessary, I may usei a plain lip at the sides as shown in Figures 3, 16ancl 17.

Where the metal facin is of relatively thin material, certain modifications may be made in the construction and-still secure the advantages that accrue where a heavier gauge of material is used asthe metalfacing.

Thuswhere the-sheet metal of the facing is reduced'below a certainminimum thickness dependingupon the particular use to which the drawer isto. be put,.th-e.handle' support may be insufficiently. strong and/or. the connection betweenfthe drawer front and. the drawer bottom or the front wall wing may bev unduly: reducedi'nrigidity. However, Ifind that: even. with a thin metal facing; .a-substantial: construction may be secured. utilizing: the. modifications now to-be described.

In..Figur,es. 21,22,- 23, 24 and 25, I have shown alternative forms for securing the metal front to; the fibrous walls of: the: drawer; In Figure 21, the. metal.v front. 8.11 through which handle; 83: protrudes; has the bent over jaws. at thetop edge for gripping the ham dle carrier panel 85 edge, jaw 81 bottom wall. front. to: the. main drawer blank. In: assembly, after. the flap. 88?.has been inserted between jaw 8lfand: paneli85, the jaw-81 is pinched into secure engagement withthe 'flap.

In, Figures 22: and. 23.;the. metal. front 9| is provided with similar. reentrant. edge of jaw exgrips a flap 88 extending from the tensions as: at 92; Flap 93.. extending fromt.the placed in face to face. relation with the extensionslll and. a U-shaped' then encases the whole; A's shown in: Figure 23, this .may. be done: with the bottom wall'of the drawer is metal member 94 providedwith opening 82 and. filler .86.. At the lower of; the drawer and secures the metal parts flattened out to make for easy assembly. After the U has been placed to envelope extensions 92 and flap 93, they are pinched together into a rigidly secured assembly.

In Figures 24 and 25, I have shown a further modification instead of extensions on the metal front 94, a metal S shaped clamp grips the front and the flap extensions 95 of the bottom wall of the drawer. In assembling the parts, the front metal wall is laid out as an extension of the bottom wall as shown in Figure 24. The S-shaped clamp is first fitted over the bottom edge of the metal front and then the bottom wall is fitted into place in the remaining portion of the 8. When so placed, the S is clamped into gripping engagement with the lower edge and the flap extension.

As a further means for securing the metal front to the drawer blank, I may provide prongs stamped out of the metal either before the u shape has been stamped out at the edge or after such bending. The latter has certain advantages in that it overcomes the problems which arise in attempting to bend the metal into a U with prongs already stamped out. Similarly the separate clamps may also have prongs stamped out and secured to the blank in the manner shown and described in my Patent No. 2,233,906.

The reinforcement 12 may be inserted along the edge of the reinforcement before the packing is applied to the metal facing; or the reinforcement 12 may be added to any of the edges of the facing after the drawer front is otherwise completely assembled. The reinforcement i2 may be coextensive with the edge of the facing to which it is applied, or it may consist of one or more short pieces applied only to a portion of the edge where strength is most desired. While the reinforcement 12 has three substantially smooth faces, it will readily be understood that the reinforcements may be otherwise shaped, as for instance it may be corrugated as is shown for the edges I811" and 18b" in Figures 19 and 20. Such corrugated reinforcements may be used with a form of facing with substantially smooth channel edges such for instance as are shown in Figure 3.

I have now described my invention in a manner that it may readily be understood by one skilled in the art. It will be readily apparent that many changes may be made in the details without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wall member of substantially fibrous material, comprising a central wall portion and laterally extending hingedly connected wall portions; a metallic facing member for said central portion; a metallic extension integral with said metallic facing member, and extending beyond a free edge of said central portion; said laterally extending wall portions being adapted to connect said wall member to a pair of corresponding walls of a container. 1

2. In a container a wall portion of substantially fibrous material, an adjacent wall portion of substantially fibrous material, said adjacent wall portion having a tab hingedly connected to said wall, a metallic facing member on said first mentioned wall portion, said facing member comprising extensions enveloping the edges of said wall; the extension of the facing member on the edge of the said wall contiguous to the adjacent wall also clinching together the first mentioned wall and the hingedly connected tab of the adjacent wall.

3. A metallic wall member for a container, said wall member comprising a metallic facing member and a metallic backing member; a fibrous filler between said facing and backing member, extensions on the edges of said facing member enveloping the edges of said fibrous filler; and an extension from said facing member at one edge of said wall member, said last mentioned extension being bendable and adapted to bend over a portion of an adjacent wall of said container.

PHILIP ZALKIND. 

